Biography

Captain José Téllez Girón, married to doña Catalina Romero, with one daughter named Jacinta Téllez Girón and another named Maria Zapata. He states that he has a daughter, a young woman named Juana José Téllez, with his brother, Juan Téllez Girón. She writes to his son to bring her. He also states that he has two other children, Lucia and Catalina, and five dependents, named Gertrudis, Maria, Josefa, and Isabel, and Nicolas. As a loyal vassal of his majesty, he is quite ready to enter whenever I, the governor and captain general, enter to settle this kingdom.

To The Royal Crown Restored, pg. 39

Notes

Kessell, John L. and Hendricks, Rick, editors, To The Crown Restored, The Journals of Don Diego de Vargas, New Mexico, 1692-1694, University of New Mexico Press. 1995, ISBN 0-8263-1559-3